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Kate made 4 dresses with 7 yards of fabric. how many yards did she use on 1 dress

User Igor Bukin
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This is a fraction equal to
7 yards ÷ 4 dresses

We want a unit rate where
1 is in the denominator,
so we divide top and bottom by 4.

7÷4= 1.75
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4÷4=1.
Therefore, Kate used 1.75 yards per one dress (1.75 yds. p/ d)

Hope I helped! :)

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